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Austinites represent at SXSW 2018

Austin Startup

Heather Brunner, Tim Ferriss, Mayor Adler, Whitney Wolfe, Kendra Scott, Andy Roddick, Rod Favaron, Bijoy, whurley… Here are some of the Austin startup community members that will be on stage who you should show up to support! Successful businesses that give back to the community, and it’s all on brand. March 9, 2018 3:30PM?—?4:30PM

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Crypto is Global

thebarefootvc

Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, during annual budget conversations, reiterated that bitcoin was not legal tender, and that the government would be clamping down on illegal activity using cryptocurrencies. There was no mention of a ban. Regulators should not stifle innovation as they pass legislation.

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Megaupload and the Future of Multi-tenant Services

Feld Thoughts

I continue to be stunned and amazed by both the behavior of our government around this and the behavior of “us” (companies and individuals) around their data given our government’s behavior. And – it’s not just the government, but mother nature and humans.

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After Facebook's IPO flub, value of tech startups falls back to earth

www.theverge.com

The occasion was F.ounders , a networking event that has been dubbed the " Davos for Geeks ", after the elite conference of power brokers held in Switzerland each year. Everyone that’s had to work with social traffic over the past half a decade knows it’s notoriously hard to get conversions. June 19, 2012. June 19, 2012.

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